Microsoft Cuts your Startup’s Costs with Azure
by rahsheen
Ever since it’s launch a year ago, Microsoft BizSpark has been doing very well at helping startups become successful. They have been focused on helping startups accelerate their software development process and provided access to business resources and mentorship. They have accomplished this by not only providing the technical resources necessary for success, but by [...]
Read MoreWindows 7: It’s Vista Done Right!
by Guest Author
Windows 7, Microsoft’s answer to the vexing problems and negative feedback update from Vista, finally made a public appearance October 22. I’ve been using Windows 7 Release Candidate as well as received a copy of the final version before the public did. Is it all that it’s cracked up to be? In my now turning three months of using Windows 7 RC, I have a lot less headaches than my two years of using Vista.
Read MoreThe State of Video Games 2009: An Industry in Flux
by Sherri L. Smith
The video game industry, once declared recession-proof by analysts and tech editors alike has been forced to eat a prodigious helping of crow as of late. With the financial climate still in a state of flux, many people are feeling the pain from long periods of unemployment. As a result, unless the expense has been [...]
Read MoreMicrosoft’s “Digital Inclusion” Chief Andrea L. Taylor
by Black Digerati
If you are a minority from an poor community with aspirations of one day working for technology giant Microsft, Ms. Andrea L. Taylor may be the catalyst behind that process. Check out the video below as she talks about everything from ‘Closing the technology skills gap’, ‘applying for Microsoft training vouchers’ and their ‘job training program.’
Read MoreBET’s Black College Tour 2009 Snags Big Tech Sponsors
by Robin Caldwell
BET Networks announced it has secured several partners in support of their award-winning 2009 Black College Tour, including such high-profile brands as Microsoft, Microsoft XBox, and Verizon Wireless. The 2009 BET Black College Tour, the largest and only tour of its kind, returns to 14 historically Black college and university campuses across the country for the eighth consecutive year. Together with its key marketing partners, BET will bring a day of entertainment, games, contests, product samples and consumer information exclusively for college students.
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